When a person, private citizen, law enforcement, or soldier in war discharges a gun, that is an attempted summary execution. The gun holder is judge, jury, and executioner. The decision is that the crime being committed warrants instant execution of all persons in the field of fire.
In the video link below, a New Mexico State police officer fires at a minivan that is pulling away from a speeding violation traffic stop. The woman driving the van full of children was wrong for doing so.
The officer, however is guilty of attempted murder. Pulling away from the traffic stop threatened no ones safety. No one was in immanent danger by the women’s actions. All the children in the van were in the officers line of fire.
The officer should server a long sentence in prison in retribution for his crime, to aid the officers rehabilitation, to give the officer time to reflect and be penitent, and as a deterrent to future police and civilian use of deadly force.
😦 death penalty was abolished in France about 35 years ago…
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my very best and friendly thoughts, Mélani
P.S. you may have noticed my new blog address:
http://myvirtualplayground.wordpress.com/
There is no death penalty in New Mexico either, just murder, this country has gone crazy about guns. Can I move in with you?
I know, young man… guess what: lots of Americans think of leaving the US, so yeah, why not France, “old Europe”?!… 🙂 I’m serious. Most of them settle in France, Italy or Spain(+Canary Islands)…
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http://myvirtualplayground.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/parc-national-des-calanques-entre-le-ciel-et-la-terre-des-vallons-argentes/
Well, I am not so young as my pic here. I don’t think I would leave, but I could be motivated to go. If that makes any sense.
P.S. more France… 🙂 I spent the last weekend here:
http://myvirtualplayground.wordpress.com/2013/11/24/bonjour-de-donibane-garazi-aka-st-jean-pied-de-port-pays-basque-francais/
looks very nice. Being from the desert southwest, I feel most comfortable when the temp is near 40C and the humidity nears 0. I seriously don’t think Europe is the place for me.